Dodge's electric Charger Daytona has nearly stopped selling, and people who still want a Charger are buying the gas one instead. Stellantis (STLA) sold only 767 electric Chargers in the US from January through September, against 8,029 gas Chargers. That's roughly a tenth of what the gas version sold, and it suggests most muscle-car buyers aren't ready to give up the engine.
The figure comes from Stellantis' quarterly US sales release, which lists the battery car on its own line, apart from the gas model. In the same months last year Dodge sold 7,075 electric Chargers, so sales are down close to 90%. The summer was the weakest stretch yet, with just 233 sold in the third quarter. Dodge's own highlights leave the EV out entirely and focus on Charger retail growth instead.
The gas comeback is smaller than it looks
The gas Charger's huge quarterly jump made headlines, but it started from a tiny base. Dodge sold just 238 gas Chargers in the third quarter of last year, when it was still getting its new twin-turbo Sixpack six-cylinder into production. Add both versions together and Charger sales are almost exactly where they were a year ago: 8,796 through September this year against 8,943 in the same months of last year. Buyers didn't rush to the Charger. They kept buying it and picked the engine over the battery.
Dodge tried a price cut. Now it's going the other way
For this model year, Dodge dropped the cheaper electric R/T and cut the price of the Daytona Scat Pack after the federal tax credit on leased EVs ended. Even after the cut, the electric car still costs more than the gas Scat Pack. Next year's version reverses course. Dodge says the 2027 Daytona Scat Pack starts at $72,495 for the two-door, before destination and other fees, and the headline upgrade is a NACS port, the Tesla-style plug that gets you onto Superchargers. CarBuzz puts that about $12,500 above the 2026 car's starting price of roughly $60,000.
Raising the price while sales are this thin suggests Dodge now sees the EV as a low-volume flagship rather than a car for most people. That's our reading. Dodge hasn't said so.
CarBuzz expects deliveries of the new model early next year. The next real test comes in January, when Stellantis publishes its fourth-quarter numbers and we'll see whether anyone is still buying the electric Charger at the old price before the pricier one arrives.
Sources
- 1.Stellantis Reports Q3 Sales · Stellantis / FCA US via PR Newswire
- 3.No One Wants The Charger EV, So Dodge Is Slashing Its Price · Carscoops
- 4.2027 Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack Price Is Back Over $70,000 · CarBuzz
- 5.FCA US Total Sales Rise 6% Year Over Year in US Third-quarter Report · FCA US via PR Newswire
- 6.2027 Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack Open for Orders · Stellantis North America Media
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